Improvement in weather-strips



V C. B RAGER. WEATHER-STRIP. No. 188,409. Patented March 1a, 1s77.

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ATTORNEY N. PETERS, PHIOTO-UTHOGRAFHER. WASHINGTON. D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OH RISTIAN B. RAGER, OF NORTH MANCHESTER, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT m WEATHER-STRIPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 188,409, dated March 13, 1877; application filed February 17, 1877.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, 0. B. RAGER, of North Manchester, in the county of Wabash and State 1 of Indiana, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Weather-Strips; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the-annexed drawings, making apart of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a front View of this invention. Fig. 2 is a detail end view, showing the Weatherstrip or dust-guard'in the raised position.

'Fig. 3 is a vertical section, showing the guard dropped, its supporting-spring being pressed back by the janlb; and Fig. 4 is a detail front view, showing the guard dropped.

This invention has relation to improvements.

in weather-strips; and it consists in the con struction and novel arrangement, in combination with a transverse strip of wod secured to the bottom ot'a door, of a second strip, preferably of metal, hinged thereto, and a coiled spring for operating the sanie, all as hereinafter fully shown and described.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designatesva transverse strip of wood, secured on the inner portion of the bottom of a door, one end of which, as shown at a, is recessed tor the reception of a coiled or spiral spring, B, arranged parallel with the length of the strip. The outer end of this strip ex tends a short distance out beyondsaid strip, and is bent in the form of a finger, b, its free end being engaged under a metallic strip, 0. The inner end 0 is secured in any suitable manner to the corresponding end of the recess. Strip 0 is hinged to the under side of the ordinary inclined Wooden strip A, thus allowing strip 0 to have free Vertical motion relative to the door.

When the dooris open the fin gerb is engaged under metal strip 0, and keeps it in close contact with the under side of wooden strip A, thus preventing it from dragging upon and defacing the floor or the carpet covering the same.

When the door is closed, the finger b will be forced against a metallic stop, f, secured to the lower end of thejamb of the door, and will be thrust back out of engagement with 'thenietallic strip 0, allowing it to swing downward and pass over the rounded upper surface of the door-sill E, against which it will rest, thus forming a complete seal against the drifting of water or snow into the house.

When the door is opened, the spring-finger b will resume its .t'orrner position under the' metallic strip.

Spring B, in this construction, serves the double purpose of holding the strip 0 up against the strip A out of the way, when the door is open, and when the door is closed, as a trigger for releasing the strip, and allowing it to gravitate against the sill E.

hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

CHRISTIAN B. RAGER.

Witnesses:

J AS. D. BELL, IRA ScHooLEY. 

